They wanted women to rely on men so they would cut there feet, and unable to do manual labor. Women did not have certain rights as men did. Women were not allowed to fight in battles, own property, make big dissuasions. Lots of stuff us women take for granted today, many women back then would have wished they could be us.
Technically this is true in the United States, since before westward expansion there were land restrictions on which white men could vote--but since practically all white men in the west owned land this was not the case.
Answer:
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
The abbreviation for before the birth of Christ is B.C.
It stands for "before Christ".
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